Nodens
A Gaulish deity identified with Mars in his role as healer and protector. Nodens was one of the deities of the ancient Gauls, the continental Celts.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Iron Age Britain.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Mars
- co occurs with
- Sequana, Lenus, Ucuetis, Bergusia, Cocidius, Belatucadrus, Luxovius, Vasio, Wotan, Jupiter Dolichenus, Lugus, Sulis, Alcis, genius loci, Vosegus, Dis Pater, Ogmios, Charon, Iapetus
- enemy of
- Nyarlathotep
- served by
- night-gaunts
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Nodens with Mars as healer and protector”
#25332 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The British god Nodens is associated above all with the great sanctuary at Lydney (although he also appears at Cockersand Moss in Cumbria). Two other British deities, Cocidius and Belatucadrus, were both Martial deities and were each worshipped in clearly defined territories in the area of Hadrian's Wall.”
#26078 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“For example (as Euskirchen points out) a curse tablet invoking Nodens (a Celtic god of healing) is known from Gloucestershire.”
#45743 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“Nodens first appeared in Lovecraft's 1926 novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, where he is an "archaic" god served by the night-gaunts. He is depicted as somewhat benevolent and as opposing the frightening Nyarlathotep.”
#46311 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free